I found this restaurant through a google search of where to eat and it was a lovely surprise.
Amuse bouche- Beetroot cream and cucumber, tuna, and apple. the beetroot cream was so light and fluffy but had the flavor of beetroot, it was delicious. i would have never thought to add apple with tuna but it works, it gives it a slight sweetness and crunch.
Organic egg cooked with foie gras cream flavored with nepal timut pepper. I did not know what to expect, but they lit up the bottom of the bowl and told me to wait 5 minutes and it will cook itself.
and in fact it did, at some point it was bubbling and cooking like crazy. i have no idea what this cooking contraption is but it DEFINITELY cooked it and stayed quite hot for some time. once it cooled down, the taste was delicious, creamy, rich, and a bit of spice. i think everyone including me was more fascinated by the cooking method, a very interesting way to present the dish.
half-cooked langoustines, pan-fried nectarines, smoked eggplant, and nectarine chutney spiced with cardamom, smoked on the spot with Breton seaweed. i did not try this dish as i am allergic to some shellfish but the person who ate it said it was delicious, it was cooked perfectly and had the right combination of sour and spice.
Breton pork belly cooked for 60-hour, mashed potatoes, ribot milk foam, sweet cider caramel and fried onion crisp. nothing can go wrong when ordering pork belly, i am so used to having my pork belly with crispy skin that it took me a bit to adjust that the skin was instead soft and would almost melt in your mouth. i guess when you slowly cook it for 60 hours that can happen, also the meat was so tender. the cider caramel had the right amount of acid and sweetness to balance out the richness of the pork.
Roasted octopus, salicornia bearnaise, seasonal organic vegetables. i just had a tiny taste of this and it was just delectable. the octopus was cooked perfectly, soft but still a bit chewy with some crunchy skin.
yuzu mousse, minute meringue in its sugar bubble on its Breton hazelnut sand. it almost tasted like a lemon or yuzu MERINGUE pie. the only problem is the sugar bubble was way too thick, you could not eat it.
chocolate sphere, ultra light tanzanian chocolate mousse and coconut meringue heart, hot salted butter caramel coulis. chocolate, caramel and meringue, of course it would be delicious. it actually reminded me of a cadbury egg. it was a nice theatrical touch to then pour the hot caramel on the chocolate ball so that it broke down and melted to expose the inside of the ball.
a truly wonderful surprise, we did not know what to expect but the dinner definitely exceeded anything we could have imagined. I am glad we had booked a table because it was completely full for a saturday night. you can basically order a la carte or there have two menus, basically a discovery menu which consists of a choice between two appetizers, two entrees and two desserts, these are mostly their signature dishes. and then there is the menu gourmet but you can choose any appetizer, entree and dessert. however any dish you choose on the menu you really can not go wrong. all the fish and seafood is super FRESH and the ingredients are of very high quality and everything is cooked perfectly. the dishes look and taste as if you were eating in a fine dining restaurant but without the stuffiness and stiffness. if you are near or around saint brieuc, you should DEFINITELY just make a stop to eat here.